Festive tune in vehicle with old novice (5)
I believe the answer is:
carol
'festive tune' is the definition.
'carol' can be an answer for 'tune' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'festive' bit.
'vehicle with old novice' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'novice' becomes 'L' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'car'+'o'+'l'='CAROL'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for carol that I've seen before include "See 1" , "Girl's name; sing" , "Religious song - girl's name" , "Canticle" , "sing happily" .)